Middleboro woman back in court for fatal crash

The Middleboro woman who is charged with the vehicular homicide of another Middleboro teen in March was back in Wareham District Court this week.

Amy Carboneau

The Middleboro woman who is charged with the vehicular homicide of another Middleboro teen in March was back in Wareham District Court this week.

Kathleen Allen, 23, of Middleboro, was first arraigned on the charge April 1. On that charge, the judge ordered her held on $100,000, but revoked bail on two previous charges. Allen is being held at MCI-Framingham, a medium-security women’s prison.

The prosecution alleges that Allen was drunk and on heroin, and reaching for a dropped cigarette when she crossed the double yellow line on Route 44 in Lakeville, and struck a car head-on just after 2 a.m. on March 30.

First responders found the other vehicle overturned. Monica DeMello, 18, a Middleboro teen and freshman at Gordon College was pronounced dead at the scene.

Allen’s pretrial conference was continued Tuesday. She is due back in court June 3.

If convicted, Allen faces up to 15 years in prison for vehicular homicide, and up to 10 for OUI that results in serious bodily injury.

Amy Carboneau may be reached at acarboneau@enterprisenews.com or follow on Twitter @Carboneau_ENT.

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